School notes and county basketball schedule announced
The first assembly featured Ray Duane Peterson in charge with a cordial welcome to freshmen and visitors. Theater roles were read by Fred Lee Montgomery, while Room II presented Neighborhood Helpers and the freshmen initiated with sophomores staging stunts. The Linn County Athletic Association met in Brookfield and Browning High School outlined a schedule with games from September to October and a November county tournament at Brookfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Duane Peterson
Maren Keithley
Fred Lee Montgomery
Hattie Heartless
Marjorie Stephenson
Ann Greedy
Wilma Bagley
Shy Brown—Sue Bennett
Kitty Kindness
Helen Falconer
Eula Unpopular
Marjorie Knifong
Tom Timid—Leonard Mitchell
Red Grouch
Billy Sheen
Bob
DeVon Gray
Mary Boastful
Merilee Kelly
Tim Brown
Howard Havens
Fred Friendless
Junior Jennings
Ted Thoughful
Fred Montgomery
Betty Braggart
Beva
Jean Cox
Bud. Busybody
Edward Elliott
Carol Careless
Joy Pryor
Sammie Smile
Laverne Jennings
Mr. Wilkison
Room II
Jeanne Woolf
Mary Smith
Marvin Abbott
John Bill Grice
Gwendolyn Kelly
Linn County Athletic Association
Brookfield
Browning High School
Page
Cummis
Bucklin
Fristoe
Linneus
Browning
Reading and arithmetic workbooks aid children in class
Students received workbooks that make reading and arithmetic more engaging. An Indian unit has begun with stories about tribes and named figures like Rain-in-the-Face and Brave-Boy. In art, the class created splatter paintings of Indians and horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sure-Foot
Brave-Boy
Good
Neighborhood Helpers playlet staged for assembly
A fifth grade class reflects on losing classmate James Dell who moved to California and notes new arithmetic cards and seat work. They enjoyed a Friday assembly where they performed Neighborhood Helpers with Gary Kenley as master of ceremonies and peers in roles such as Policeman Jerry Quigley Fireman Donald Nevins and Doctor Jimmy Robison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Dell
California
Louis Arnold
Gary Kenley
Jerry Quigley
Donald Nevins
Kenneth Arnold
Jimmy Robison
Eva Doris Carter
Ronald Crookshanks
Donald Rinehart
Bonnie Zoe Lay
Cynthia Moore
Herman Jacobs
Third Week at School Sees Arrivals and Departures
Room III notes entering the third week of school with workbooks in use and students settled. Two former pupils Donald and Cherril Williams visited and will transfer to Kansas City this year. Fine Arts work last week was mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald
Cherril Williams
Kansas City
School progress notes and student achievements update
Miss Harris teaches painting and project designs while students work on music staff basics and a reading notebook. Valjean Gooch finishes her first outside reading, The Hoosier Schoolboy. Eighth graders study the 15 colonies with a map and product lists. seventh grade covers the Constitution. sixth grade explores the Renaissance and artists. Our new hearth books support reading and language. We attended our first assembly, enjoyed sophomores welcoming freshmen. Several entries are planned for the school fair with posters, penmanship, and wood collections. Visitors are welcome for an afternoon tour.
Pleasant Hill Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Local residents report family and friend visits across Pleasant Hill and nearby areas. Several trips to Browning St Louis and Green City are noted, with school starting September 8 and a Nile Clark sale planned for Tuesday.
Aunt Meg Brewer and daughters visit North Salem
Aunt Meg Brewer and three daughters from Oklahoma and California spent a day in North Salem visiting old friends. Mrs. Head revisited her North Salem home and enjoyed the yard and plants she planted years ago. The group, including Ethel of Minnesota, attended the Cattey reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meg Brewer
Etta McCollum
Dora Sweat
Oklahoma
Olive Head
Hunting Park
California
North Salem
Roy Jennings
Elmer Jennings
Emmett
John Jennings
Miami
Pearl Bailey
Chicago
Ill
Clyde Nelson
Eldon Riddle
Marlin Belzer
Brookfield
Sunday Night Roundup From Our Community
Sunday night notes show Mrs. Uby Smith returning home after ten days caring for Mrs. Tucker and the new baby at John Tucker home. Lon Smith faces surgery at Ellis Hospital Kirksville with Ed and Walter going to the hospital. Community visits include Jennings at Brookfield and Gooch in North Salem while others help with canning and calls. School opens August 31 with teacher Marjorie Lambert and nine pupils enrolled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uby Smith
John Tucker
Oren Jennings
Brookfield
Walters
Lee Gooch
North Salem
Mrs. Gooch
Gracie Jennings
Cora Brantner
Lois Jennings
Sallie Abbott
Alma Deskins
Joan Kay
Ritta Head
Marjorie Lambert
Local Omaha Families Visit and Welcome Newborns
Mrs Oral McCormick of Neoho Missouri visits her father Ott Crump. George Ford of near Winigan welcomes a 10 lb baby daughter with his wife. Ray Grindstaff and children visit relatives in town and return with Harrison Grindstaff. R W Bardon visits daughter Myron Williams’ family near Green City and granddaughter Virginia Jerome’s family near Edina. Elsworth Smith of Virginia visits Ada Smith’s family. Mrs Calvin Burress spends time with Mrs Robert Stephenson senior. Drew Burress and family from Topeka Kansas are here visiting. Cassie Smith moves into rooms at C C Yardley home. Herman Harris returns from Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Britton
Washington
Wayne Britton
Jesse Woodside
Frank Tucker
Nile Clark
Gibbs
Nile
Josephine Straley
Dale
Eugene
Lois Phillips
Ronald
Jewel Dean
Walter
James Smith
Kenneth Knnfong’s
B. C. Brantner
Browning
Stanley Riley
E. W. Riley
St. Louis
Oral McCormick
Neoho
Ott Crump
George Ford
Near Winigan
Ray Grindstaff
Near Pollock
Harrison Grindstaff
R. W. Bardon
Myron Williams
Green City
Virginia Jerome
Edina
Elsworth Smith
Virginia
Ada Smith
Calvin Burress
Robert Stephenson
Drew Burress
Topeka
Kansas
Cassie Smith
Lovelle
C. C. Yardley
Herman Harris
Kansas City
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MFA Feed
MFA
MFA Flour
MI. F. A. Central Cooperative
Meadville
Shelby
Purdin
Laclede
Brwning
Forker
Pleasant Hill
North East Linn Items
Browning Street Fair
Magnesia
Ray
STAG
DR. Caldwell
Alka Seltzer
Roney
Bexel
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Franklin
Fexall
Browning, Mo
JEEP
Zenith
Parmak
Vienna
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